CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. 59 



Now, if instead of being contented with a crop of 22 tons 

 to the acre, the farmer strives for double that quantity, he 

 will get it by additional expense in but two directions, viz. : 

 his manure bill and the cost of gathering and storing. If 

 we now double the cost of each of the latter, and credit the 

 results with double the crop, which every practical farmer 

 who has had experience in root culture will allow is but rea- 

 sonable, we shall have the following results : — > 



Extra cost of crop of 44 tons over one of 22 : 

 Manure, — 7 cords, - $56.00 



Gathering, topping and storing, - - 12.00 



$68.00 



Now adding the credit side we shall have for 



Sxtra 22 tons roots, - $187.00 



6 tons tops, --___ 30.00 



Value of manure left in ground, - - 14.00 



$231.00 

 Deduct extra cost, 68.00 



Profits cleared, $163,00 



In other words, by investing $68.00 for six months, we 

 clear $163.00, which, as any farmer boy can figure, is at the 

 rate of about five hundred per cent, a year. Mr. Fearing of 

 Hingham, with the same amount of manure raised over sixty 

 tons to the acre, and the instances are numerous where over 

 forty tons have been the crop when even a less quantity has 

 been used. Can any farmer who has accumulated a small sur- 

 plus of money do better than invest it in manure ? There is 

 altogether too much money, for the prosperity of their farm- 

 ing, invested by farmers in Savings Banks. These banks pay 

 from six to seven per cent, on money, but here is an instance 

 where an investment made in manure pays over four hundred 



